Week 4 Summary
on Nov 9, 2009 in Goals Update Panic and Anxiety anxiety lactic acid This is the end of my first month of moderation! I updated the progress page to reflect this week’s achievement of staying pretty nearly in the exact same place. And it’s okay! It doesn’t look like anything is happening, and yet I j...

Bought some hand weights tonight
on Nov 5, 2009 in Books Exercise weights The old hand weights were too small (1lb and 3lb, that I’d use while doing aerobics), so Greg and Beth and I picked up some new ones today. I have a set of 5lb, a set of 8lb, and a medicine ball that weighs 8lbs, that I’m already having t...

Ivana asks what veggies I like
on Nov 5, 2009 in Food and Recipe Reviews veggies My friend Ivana asked in a comment that I haven’t answered yet: Hollie, I have a question for you: What vegetables do you like? If this list doesn’t seem long enough, another question: What vegetables will you eat? I’ve been putting thi...

Nifty calorie-counting iPhone app: Lose It!
on Nov 5, 2009 in Deep and Meaningful Commentary iPhone I downloaded Lose It! a couple weeks ago, and I’m happy to give it a glowing review. It’s an app for your iPhone that lets you track calories, weight loss and exercise, and it’s incredibly easy to use. I’d been using another a...

Week 3 Summary: Changing habits around food and exercise requires change around other areas of life, too
on Nov 3, 2009 in Books Goals Update anxiety stress It’s Tuesday morning, and the start of a new week. Last week was just messy. I did accomplish my goals last week (see the Progress chart for latest notes), but barely. I was exhausted, I hardly exercised at all, my anxiety problems were actin...

Week #2 Summary
on Oct 25, 2009 in Goals Update TMGWLP updates veggies weight loss I’m really enjoying this. I love that I’ve gotten started, I love that I have a path I’ve stayed on for an entire 14 days (miracle!), and I love that you’re all along for the ride with me! The benefit to a blog, besides accoun...

Week #3 Goals
on Oct 25, 2009 in Goals Update Week #3 starts tomorrow, and it’s time for a new week of goals. I’m going to keep my exercise and veggie goals until I’ve been able to meet them for at least four weeks. After that, it will hopefully have become habit, and I can mov...

This apple a day isn’t keeping any doctors away (or dentists)
on Oct 25, 2009 in Food and Recipe Reviews omg apples holidays It’s called The Giant Halloween Candy Apple, and you can buy it at Williams-Sonoma online. I promise if someone buys this for me, I will eat it, and then if I’m still alive, I’ll write about it. Did you guys know that caramel apples...

I went swimming every day this week (I am the cleanest person in Seattle)
on Oct 24, 2009 in Exercise swimming TMGWLP I wasn’t trying to overdue it (honest!), but I think I did. My second week of The Plan started out great, with salads and swimming happening right off the bat. And then, as you look at the calendar, you can see it just didn’t let up. Beth...

Pardon the dust, while I go eat fondue
on Oct 21, 2009 in Posts with little overall importance BMI friends site news I’ve managed to screw up both tags and categories, which is why you don’t see either on the site right now. I’m going to go through and fix that, but this week is super busy (two friends coming into town, yay!), and it might not get...